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the west shove, near where stands Geneva, 
then called Kanadesaga. They gave their 
name to the lake, a name which has ever 
since been recognized by the whites. At the 
grand celebration of the completion, of the 
Erie Canal, in 1835, the leading boat, which 
bore the dignitaries of the State, was named 
“ Seneca Chief,” and others, named “Young 
Lion of the West,” “ Niagara,” etc., followed 
from RulTalo to Sandy Hook. It was from 
the “Seneca’s” deck the water from Lake 
Erie was poured into the Atlantic Ueenn by 
the hand of the immortal Clinton — the seal¬ 
ing of an event which opened the West to 
tho white man and decided the fate of the 
Indian. 
Seneca Lake is now the most important ot 
the interior lakes, owing to its extent of sur¬ 
face, the wealth and fertility of the sur¬ 
rounding country and its extensive connec¬ 
tion with canals and railways. From its 
southern end those mu t,o the coal and oil 
regions of Pennsylvania and the lumber re- 
serve.s of both States. The northern end is 
skirted by the old lino of the Central Rail¬ 
road nia Auburn and Canandaigua. The 
nourishing town of Watkins is at the head of 
the lake and Geneva is at the foot. Its 
shores have numerous landings and villas, 
LAKE COUNTRY OP NEW YORK,-III. 
BY HON. B. H. WILLIAMS, 
SENECA LAKE AND ITS ENVIRONS. 
Seneca Lake is nearly central of the series 
of lakes that distinguish the “ Lake Country ’ 
of New York, having Oneida Lake on the 
east and Oonosus on the west. Although 
resembling Cayuga Lake in length, breadth 
and altitude, Seneca is the most noted in 
many respects, being the main connecting 
link -* of water communication between the 
Valley of the Susquehaimah and the north¬ 
ern and central route from the Hudson, via 
the Mohawk, to the great lakes of the north¬ 
west—Ontario and Eric. The region of this 
lake was long the home of the powerful 
Seneca Nation of Indians, who ruled the 
“Six Nations” of the Iroquois Confedera¬ 
tion. It is said their government furnished 
t TTu.rk.l for those who framed the union of 
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